| Nips with variation of ball |
BACKSPIN |
| No timber? Then it's back to China clay |
KAOLIN |
| Of an ass, it's said, for example, all stupid |
LEGAL |
| Operation that finds you past recovery |
AUTOPSY |
| Performance not quite open spoiled treat |
OPERETTA |
| Point to puns, like fencing |
SWORDPLAY |
| Rodents shy at Manx cat |
COYPUS |
| Shape of label put by officer on a trainee |
OCTAGONAL |
| Spooner's alarm for a tart? |
BAKEWELL |
| Staff vote about Scots town |
PAYROLL |
| Stone's no good in ball game |
RUBY |
| Tramp is unlikely source of 12 down |
ARMPITS |
| Trollope's inclination? |
SLOPE |
| Uncertain purposes of Radio 4? |
LOOSEENDS |
| What may be drawn from local essentials? |
ALES |